thread of getting sw0le

I know ;_;

i'm full of melancholy and infinite radness

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me irl

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A line must be drawn.

fuck yea get some

Can't wait til a personal trainer tells me to do that to fatigue.

question: how do u get muslces without expanding in size?

wish my gym had such a nice selection of kettlebells and plyo boxes

expanding yr size is like not that easy and u can always stop if u dont like it and it will go away p fast so i wldnt worry abt it too much, the traditional answer is low weight high reps tho

also u will prob end up being happy with somewhat bigger muscles anyway and u dont have to worry abt getting huge

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question: how do u get muslces without expanding in size?

― flopson, Monday, May 18, 2015 1:21 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lift for 40 minutes and then cardio for 20 minutes ime

dont eat so much. also some anecdotal evidence that yoga increases strength without increasing size (as much).

the real answer is that "expanding in size" is really fucking hard after a certain point depending on your body type so it's not exactly something that's gonna happen unless you really really try to make it happen.

Yoga made my thighs bigger, tho not really much else. The increased flexibility and alignment, tho, are worth much more.

gdamn major supply and demand problem at my gym a million empty cardio machines while theres a backup at the free weights/smith machines

+the place is littered with weird single ecersize weight machines no one uses

im fit to email them

use the weird weight machines

no way those r for cowards

gdamn major supply and demand problem at my gym a million empty cardio machines while theres a backup at the free weights/smith machines

This is a daily problem at Planet Fitness

i goto blink which is basically the same as planet fitness except maybe vaguely less lame

What Planet Fitness lacks in, well, everything, it makes up for in price.

But that place is bizarre. They give zero fucks about shutting down huge chunks of the gym at peak hours so they can mop or whatever. No way it could wait until midnight, or even 8 p.m. That place must be spotless at all hours, at any cost.

ya blink is a cheapo one too its not too bad, just needs more weights, anyway i emailed them so i assume itll be all fixed by the next time im there

lol

I just did some cardio in a work gym. They added this tiny second one, it has few machines but lots of windows

So I'm recovering from an AC joint injury (basically a sore/inflamed shoulder caused by too many presses, push-ups, dips, planks etc.), so here's what my routine looks like. I try to get four days in at the gym, and they usually go like this:

1. Cross-cable day (lots of pulling exercises, arm exercises and flies, b/c they are easier on the shoulder)
2. Bench press day (I press at incline and declines, but not flat bench b/c of the shoulder; I also lowered the weight)
3. Tire day (I hit the shit out of a tire with a sledgehammer)
4. Free weight day

Usually I spend about a half hour, sometimes 40 minutes, at a primary station, then use the rest of the day for back exercises or ab exercises. It's working for me, in that I'm committed to it and it isn't killing my shoulder (a tricky balance), but I'm not gaining much and I would like to mix it up. Any suggestions?

Last summer I was mixing up that routine with several other discount gym memberships, including a kickboxing place (too hard on shoulder now), a CrossFit place (not a good fit for scrawny old me, or my shoulder), a gym with a pool (would love to be a member but it's too expensive) and Groupon yoga (I learned to like yoga, but ironically this is hell on my shoulder—those planks). What else could I try?

I have been biking more, and just got a super comfy new bike, but I don't know if I can really count that as exercise.

h8 those nautilish machines so much

ppl who sit at the weights punching their number into their phone taking their rest doing their routine u will never lift anything in life

and u r taking way too long

exceptions made for sexy ppl being sexy is good do whatever u need to maintain

yeah f that s, no weight/reps notes no progress photos no tracker apps not even planned workout days. i just eat whatever tf i want and go to the gym when i feel like it and do a couple things and hope suddenly one day someone will be like "damn you swole"

I do sort of marvel at what nerds the weight room notebook keepers are.

it just really i feel inconsiderate to dominate a in demand station for like 35 mins so u can get all yr rest in and whatever, especially when i just want to squat for like 5 mins

this guy was doing a routine where it def wouldve been better for him to do most of it with dumbells too, we have beef now cause i tried to steal the smith machine from him when he went to drink water lol

like i use the smith machine exclusively for lifts thatre too heavy for me to do w/o a spotter but he was all up in that shit doing his light ass bench presses and whatever does he even know its not as good as doing it with some dumbells of which there are plenty for everyone smh im mad at him

"Can I work in?"
Problem solved. Unless he's a big jerk.

(I am one of those occupiers, obviously. I usually take 1-3 minute breaks between sets, depending on how heavy it is. Hell, if it gets really bad, I go up to 5 minutes.)

he was all *extremely nerds voice* my routine

with my anime t-shirts and bad mullethawk i'm probably the nerdiest dude in my gym at any given time

stfu lames i always write stuff down

pfft u think thats gonna help u cheat death youve got another thing thing comin

http://www.clickhole.com/article/7-weightlifting-poems-will-get-you-pumped-2608

when i just want to squat for like 5 mins

like i use the smith machine exclusively for lifts thatre too heavy for me to do w/o a spotter

i can't tell if you're trolling or not. i'm all about gym etiquette and looking out for others who are also rushing to get back to the office or whatever, but i'll be damned if i miss reps because i didn't take a long enough break between sets. 2-4 minutes is plenty of time for a sip of water and a quick rep tally in iPhone notes.

if the place is packed and people are standing around, i always ask if they want to work in.

but i'll be damned if i miss reps because i didn't take a long enough break between sets.

http://i.imgur.com/aVTQPFb.gif

how do you "work in"? honest q. do you really rack the other person's weights, slap on your own, do a set, and then.. what, either put the person's weights back on (if you remember what they had on) or THEY put their own weights back on? sounds even more annoying than waiting around for somebody. and SUPER annoying for the person who was already there.

oh, and you do that for every set! including warmup sets!?

ime just walk up and ask if you can work in and then generally the movement of weight on and off the bar / adjustment of the seat, etc is the responsibility of whoever works in. towel off!

ppl who sit at the weights punching their number into their phone taking their rest doing their routine u will never lift anything in life

and u r taking way too long

― lag∞n, Friday, June 5, 2015 10:02 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

These people. Also those who put their drinks bottle on the seat of another weight machine while they work out. Or lean/sit/lie on a machine you want to use while they talk to a mate. I don't understand these people - you're at the gym, work the fuck out!

I still haven't gone to the gay boxing class in Chelsea, cuz they go out for ro-ZAY after.